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  Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) — also known as Frank G. Allen — of Norwood, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., October 6, 1874. Republican. Chairman of Winslow Brothers & Smith, leather and wool manufacturers; director of banks and insurance firms; trustee of Norwood Hospital; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1918-19; member of Massachusetts state senate Norfolk District, 1921-24; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; Governor of Massachusetts, 1929-31; defeated, 1930; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Union League. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 9, 1950 (age 76 years, 3 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Norwood, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Mitchell Allen and Abbie L. (Gilman) Allen; married, December 2, 1897, to Clara H. Winslow; married, November 26, 1927, to Eleanor H. Wallace.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gaspar Griswold Bacon (1886-1947) — also known as Gaspar G. Bacon — of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 7, 1886. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920, 1932 (alternate), 1936, 1940; member of Massachusetts state senate Eighth Suffolk District, 1925-32; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1933-35; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1934; director, Southern Railway Co., Eliot Savings Bank; major in the U.S. Army during World War II. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Odd Fellows; Reserve Officers Association. Died in Dedham, Norfolk County, Mass., December 24, 1947 (age 61 years, 292 days). Interment at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Martha Waldron (Cowdin) Bacon and Robert Bacon; brother of Robert Low Bacon; married, July 16, 1910, to Priscilla Toland.
  Political family: Bacon family of Westbury, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) — also known as Algernon S. Badger — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 28, 1839. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New Orleans Metropolitan Police, 1870; postmaster at New Orleans, La., 1878-79; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1880. Episcopalian. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., May 9, 1905 (age 65 years, 193 days). Entombed at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  Presumably named for: Algernon Sidney
  Relatives: Son of John Beighton Badger and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger; married, April 30, 1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele; married, September 9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ernest Lorne Bell (1871-1925) — also known as Ernest L. Bell — of Woodstock, Grafton County, N.H.; Plymouth, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., March 16, 1871. Physician; surgeon to Boston & Maine Railroad; surgeon-general of New Hampshire; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1903-04; member of New Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1905-06; served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Congregationalist. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Hebron, Grafton County, N.H., April 19, 1925 (age 54 years, 34 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Bell and Mary E. (Loud) Bell; married, October 21, 1894, to Maude Coolidge.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harold Hitz Burton (1888-1964) — also known as Harold H. Burton — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 22, 1888. Republican. Lawyer; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Company and Utah Light & Traction Company, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Company and Boise Valley Traction Company, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1929; mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1931-32, 1936-41; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1944; speaker, 1936; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1941-45; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1945-58; took senior status 1958. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Eagles; Grange; Rotary; Kiwanis; Exchange Club. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1964 (age 76 years, 128 days). Interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Edgar Burton and Gertrude (Hitz) Burton; married, June 15, 1912, to Selma Florence Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Allan Gordon Buttrick (b. 1876) — also known as Allan G. Buttrick — of Lancaster, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Mass., March 16, 1876. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1904; member of Massachusetts state senate Second Worcester District, 1906. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Adoptive son of George T. Buttrick and Ellen M. Buttrick; son of Daniel W. Wood and Sarah P. Wood.
  Alonzo B. Cook (b. 1866) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 31, 1866. Republican. Lawyer; Massachusetts state auditor, 1915-23; candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1925; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1936; Townsendite, Prohibition, Economy candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1936. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Levi F. Cook and Eliza (Ryan) Cook; married to Lydia Martin.
  Edmond Cote (b. 1863) — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Beaumont, Quebec, February 22, 1863. Republican. Piano dealer; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council 1st District, 1931-36. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Frank E. Davis (b. 1851) — of Gloucester, Essex County, Mass. Born in Gloucester, Essex County, Mass., August 18, 1851. Republican. Fisherman; bookkeeper; hardware business; mayor of Gloucester, Mass., 1898. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Eben Davis and Annie S. (Wheeler) Davis; married, December 30, 1875, to Alice E. Colbey.
Thomas C. Desmond Thomas Charles Desmond (1887-1972) — also known as Thomas C. Desmond — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., September 15, 1887. Republican. Engineer; president and chief engineer, Newburgh Ship Yards; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1940; member of New York state senate, 1931-58 (27th District 1931-44, 32nd District 1945-54, 33rd District 1955-58). Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Grange; Moose; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Redmen; Knights of Pythias. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 6, 1972 (age 85 years, 21 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Henry Desmond and Katharine (Safried) Desmond; married, August 16, 1923, to Alice B. Curtis (who later married Hamilton Fish Jr.).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York; Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Eben Sumner Draper (b. 1893) — also known as Eben S. Draper — of Hopedale, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Hopedale, Worcester County, Mass., August 30, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Draper Corp., manufacturers of cotton looms; president, Milford National Bank; trustee, Milford Hospital; trustee, Massachusetts General Hospital; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1921-22; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Worcester District, 1923-26; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1928 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization). Unitarian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Interment at Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Eben Sumner Draper (1858-1914) and Nannie (Bristow) Draper; married, November 12, 1926, to Hazel Archibald; nephew of William Franklin Draper; grandson of Benjamin Helm Bristow.
  Political family: Draper-Bristow family of Hopedale, Massachusetts.
  Samuel L. Fein (b. 1899) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Russia, June 8, 1899. Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932. Jewish. Member, B'nai B'rith; Tau Epsilon Phi; Elks; Freemasons; American Legion; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Fein and Sarah (Schwartz) Fein; married, December 31, 1922, to Mildred B. Sherman.
  Roy Lynde Fernald (b. 1901) — also known as Roy L. Fernald — of Winterport, Waldo County, Maine. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 9, 1901. Member of Maine state house of representatives from Waldo County (4th), 1931-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grange; Delta Theta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Walter Fernald and Hortense (Rankin) Fernald.
  Matthew J. Fowler (b. 1879) — of Haverhill, Essex County, Mass. Born in St. Catherines, Ontario, May 31, 1879. Republican. Optometrist; president, Haverhill Cooperative Bank; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Fowler and Mary Fowler; married, April 18, 1907, to Daisy Longley.
  Alvan Tufts Fuller (1878-1958) — also known as Alvan T. Fuller — of Malden, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 27, 1878. Republican. Automobile dealer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916, 1932; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1917-21; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1921-25; Governor of Massachusetts, 1925-29; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1932. Baptist. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died April 30, 1958 (age 80 years, 62 days). Cremated; ashes interred at East Cemetery, Rye Beach, Rye, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of Alvan Bond Fuller and Flora A. (Tufts) Fuller; married, July 12, 1910, to Viola Davenport.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Richard Nelson Gardner (1881-1953) — also known as Richard N. Gardner; Dick Gardner — of Staples, Todd County, Minn. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., 1881. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 51st District, 1931-43; resigned 1943. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Rotary; Royal League; Knights of Pythias. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., December 4, 1953 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Charles Laceille Gifford (1871-1947) — also known as Charles L. Gifford — of Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., March 15, 1871. Republican. School teacher; real estate business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912-13; member of Massachusetts state senate Cape and Plymouth District, 1914-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1916; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1922-47 (16th District 1922-33, 15th District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-47); died in office 1947. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Cotuit, Barnstable, Barnstable County, Mass., August 23, 1947 (age 76 years, 161 days). Interment at Mosswood Cemetery, Cotuit, Barnstable, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Mary Abbie (Baker) Gifford and William Coleman Gifford; married, September 6, 1892, to Fannie Hallet Handy; father of Florence Gifford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bernard Ginsburg (b. 1898) — of Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine, August 1, 1898. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1925-26, 1929-30; member of Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1932-36; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 12th District, 1932. Jewish. Member, American Legion; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; B'nai B'rith. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Myer Ginsburg and Sonia (Segal) Ginsburg; married, November 27, 1927, to Mildred Fishman.
  Albert G. Godfrey (1855-1922) — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., August 25, 1855. Republican. Real estate broker; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1904-05. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., November 13, 1922 (age 67 years, 80 days). Interment at Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of George Frank Godfrey; married, January 1, 1882, to Ida Burt; first cousin once removed of Cyrus Orlando Godfrey; second cousin of Eugene Wallace Godfrey.
  Political family: Godfrey family of Connecticut and Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Angier Louis Goodwin (1881-1975) — also known as Angier L. Goodwin — of Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, January 30, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Melrose, Mass., 1921-23; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1925-28; member of Massachusetts state senate Fourth Middlesex District, 1929-41; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1943-55; defeated, 1954; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Grange; Zeta Psi. Died in Melrose, Middlesex County, Mass., June 20, 1975 (age 94 years, 141 days). Interment at Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Mass.
  Relatives: Married 1905 to Eleanor Hardy Stone.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Cornelius F. Haley (b. 1875) — of Rowley, Essex County, Mass. Born in Newburyport, Essex County, Mass., July 15, 1875. Republican. Farmer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1919-20; member of Massachusetts state senate Third Essex District, 1927-36. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Grange. Burial location unknown.
  Justus Greeley Hanson (b. 1870) — also known as Justus G. Hanson — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in China, Kennebec County, Maine, January 11, 1870. Democrat. Physician; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1932; candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts. Universalist. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Elihu Hanson and Minerva K. (Starrett) Hanson; married, October 3, 1900, to Louise T. Greig.
  William H. I. Hayes (1848-1907) — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., June 21, 1848. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Twenty-Fifth Middlesex District, 1893-99, 1902, 1904-07; died in office 1907. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Redmen; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died June 29, 1907 (age 59 years, 8 days). Burial location unknown.
  Eben S. S. Keith (b. 1872) — of Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable County, Mass. Born in Sagamore, Bourne, Barnstable County, Mass., October 24, 1872. Republican. Railway car builder; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908, 1916 (alternate), 1920, 1924. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac M. Keith and Eliza F. (Smith) Keith; married, February 8, 1900, to Malvina M. Landers.
  Roger Keith (b. 1888) — of Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 8, 1888. Republican. Insurance business; mayor of Brockton, Mass., 1921-22; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1924; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1929-32. Congregationalist. Member, Chi Phi; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Horace A. Keith and Nellie W. (Packard) Keith; married, April 12, 1913, to Carolyn Bruce Hastings; father of Paul Keith.
  Levi J. Law (1854-1909) — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 1, 1854. Democrat. Clothing merchant; mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1889-90; defeated, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; postmaster at Cadillac, Mich., 1894-98; member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1899. Presbyterian. English and Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum; Woodmen; Ancient Order of United Workmen; Maccabees. Died in Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich., 1909 (age about 54 years). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of George D. Law.
  Walter Edward Lawrence (1905-1967) — also known as Walter E. Lawrence — of Medford, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass., December 8, 1905. Civil engineer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1939-44; mayor of Medford, Mass., 1944-50. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis. Died April 9, 1967 (age 61 years, 122 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of George Bertram Lawrence and Della (Chievney) Lawrence; married, June 19, 1930, to Helen Jones.
  Magnus Lipton (b. 1902) — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., March 22, 1902. Republican. Accountant; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Bronx County 7th District, 1934; defeated, 1934. Member, Maccabees; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Charles Gardner Miles (b. 1879) — of Brockton, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in East Hampden, Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, December 2, 1879. Republican. Physician; member of Massachusetts state senate Plymouth District, 1933-36. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  George H. Newhall (1850-1923) — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass. Born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., October 24, 1850. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; shoe manufacturer; president, Lynn Street Railway Company; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1894-95, 1906-08, 1923 (Seventeenth Essex District 1894-95, Twelfth Essex District 1906-08, Fourteenth Essex District 1923); died in office 1923; mayor of Lynn, Mass., 1913-17. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Died in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., November 4, 1923 (age 73 years, 11 days). Interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
  Relatives: Married to Martha Louise Nourse.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward H. Nutting (b. 1869) — of Leominster, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Leominster, Worcester County, Mass., July 6, 1869. Republican. Caterer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Eleventh Worcester District, 1913, 1915-16, 1918, 1923-30; member of Massachusetts state senate Third Worcester District, 1931-36; candidate for mayor of Leominster, Mass., 1939. Member, Elks; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Eagles; Royal Arcanum; Freemasons; Sons of Veterans. Burial location unknown.
  H. Murray Pakulski (b. 1880) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 30, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1908, 1912 (alternate). Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Pakulski and Rosalie (Davidson) Pakulski; married, June 30, 1904, to Ada S. Feldman.
  Edward Clayton Reynolds (b. 1856) — also known as Edward C. Reynolds — of South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Born in Braintree, Norfolk County, Mass., November 15, 1856. Republican. Lawyer; Cumberland County Register of Probate, 1889-97; member of Maine state senate, 1897-99; mayor of South Portland, Maine, 1899-1900. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Frank James Rice (1869-1917) — also known as Frank J. Rice — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., February 5, 1869. Republican. Streetcar conductor; grocer; real estate business; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1910-17; died in office 1917. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grotto; Odd Fellows; Elks; Redmen; Order of Heptasophs; Knights of Pythias; Union League. Died January 18, 1917 (age 47 years, 348 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Hull Rice and Caroline Elizabeth (Holbrook) Rice; married, July 16, 1890, to Charlotte A. Watrous.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lyman Twining Tingier (1862-1920) — also known as Lyman T. Tingier — of Rockville, Vernon, Tolland County, Conn. Born in Webster, Worcester County, Mass., June 9, 1862. Democrat. Lawyer; bank director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Vernon, 1909-12; mayor of Rockville, Conn., 1912-13; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1913-15; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1914. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Foresters. Died in 1920 (age about 58 years). Burial location unknown.
  Joseph Everett Warner (b. 1884) — also known as Joseph E. Warner — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Taunton, Bristol County, Mass., May 16, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Fourth Bristol District, 1913-20; Speaker of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1919-20; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1928-35; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1940-49. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Moose; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Ancient Order of United Workmen. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs) Warner.
  Charles Henry Waterman (1870-1939) — of Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., August 12, 1870. Hardware business; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1912. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., April 19, 1939 (age 68 years, 250 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew J. Waterman and Lucia Day (Stevens) Waterman; married, May 16, 1889, to Ella G. Litchfield.
  Jesse Paine Wolcott (1893-1969) — also known as Jesse P. Wolcott — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Born in Gardner, Worcester County, Mass., March 3, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; St. Clair County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-30; U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1931-57. Universalist or Congregationalist. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Elks; American Legion; Moose. Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md., January 28, 1969 (age 75 years, 331 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Bradford Wolcott and Lillis Betsy (Paine) Wolcott; married 1927 to Grace Aileen Sullivan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
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